Fitsum Seyoum Season 2021

2021 Outdoor: Finished 10th in the 3,000m steeplechase prelims at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials with a school record time of 8:28.72 ... Placed 14th in the prelims of the 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 8:38.86 at the NCAA Championships ... Posted the second fastest qualifying time in the 3,000m steeplechase at the NCAA East Prelims ... Won a second straight ACC championship in the 3,000m steeplechase with a school record time of 8:31.23 ... Posted a PR time of 3:44.57 in the 1,500m to finish seventh at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier ... Delivered a time of 4:03.13 in the mile at the Virginia Grand Prix and finished 10th ... Took third in the 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 8:46.19 at the Virginia Challenge.

2021 Indoor: Finished fourth in the mile with a PR time of 4:00.74 at the ACC Championships to earn second team All-ACC ... Finished second at the Virginia Tech Challenge with a mile time of 4:08.36 ... Delivered a time of 8:25.22 in the 3,000m at the Doc Hale Elite Meet to finish fourth.

2020 Indoor: Placed fifth in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:05.84 and placed tenth in the 3,000 meters with a personal best time of 8:12.50 at the ACC Championships … Won the mile with a personal best time of 4:04.49 at the Virginia Tech Challenge … Finished with a personal best time of 14:03.67 in the 5,000 meters at the Iowa State Classic … Placed fourth in the 3,000 meters with a time of 8:15.93 at the Camel City Invitational … Ran a personal best time of 2:25.89 in the mile at the Hokie Invitational … Finished fourth with a time of 4:11.57 in the mile at the Virginia Tech Invitational.

2019 Outdoor: Competed in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA Championships, running the event in a time of 9:10.96 … Qualified for his first NCAA outdoor meet by running a school-record time of 8:40.86 in the 3,000 steeplechase at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Won the gold medal in the 3,000 steeplechase at the ACC Championships, finishing with a personal-best time of 8:44.43 … Earned first-team All-ACC honors … Also competed in the 5,000 at the ACC Championships, running the distance in a personal-best time of 14:37.73 … Won the 3,000 steeplechase at the Duke Invitational with a time of 8:54.41 … Competed in the 1,500 at the Tennessee Relays and finished in a time of 3:53.66 … Ran the 5,000 at the Raleigh Relays in a time of 14:13.91.

2019 Indoor: Finished ninth in the 5,000-meter race at the ACC Indoor Championships with a time of 14:21.52 … Came in second in the mile  the Virginia Tech Challenge with a time of 4:12.80 … Finished ninth in the unseeded 3,000 at the Camel City Invitational with a time of 8:33.88 … Was 12th in the mile at the Hokie Invitational with a time of 4:11.26 … Came in fourth in the mile at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 4:12.24.

2018 Outdoor: Recorded a time of 8:55.43 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds ... Won a bronze medal at the ACC Outdoor Championships in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 8:49.26, earning first-team All-ACC honors ... Tallied a time of 8:59.28 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase to place fourth at the National Relay Championships … Collected a personal-best time of 1:54.67 in the 800 meters at the Duke Invitational … Clocked a time of 3:57.08 in the 1,500 meters at the Tennessee Relays … Ran a personal-best time of 14:48.20 in the 5,000 meters at the Raleigh Relays.

2018 Indoor: Tallied a time of 8:55.33 in the 3,000 meters at the ACC Championships to place seventh … Ran a personal-best time of 8:24.57 in the 3,000 meters at the Music City Challenge to finish 19th … Tallied a time of 8:28.66 in the 3,000 meters to place eighth at the Camel City Invitational … Clocked a time of 4:20.59 mile to finish ninth at the Keydet Invitational.

2017 Outdoor: Ran the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the ACC Championships, placing seventh with a personal-best time of 9:11.74 ... Participated in the 800 at the Hokie Twilight meet, finishing 10th with a lifetime-best time of 1:56.37 ... Competed in the 1,500 on two different occassions, earning a personal best at the Virginia Grand Prix with a time of 3:53.90 ... Participated in the steeplechase at the Virginia Challenge, finishing with a time of 9:24.72 ... Recorded a personal best in the 5,000 at the Tennessee Relays, placing 22nd overall.

2017 Indoor: Redshirted … Ran as an unattached athlete in the 3,000 meters at the Virginia Tech Challenge, recording a time of 8:47.59 … Competed unattached in the mile at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet, finishing third with a personal-best time of 4:16.88 ... Ran the mile at the Hokie Invitational and finished with a time of 4:21.99.

High school: Lettered twice at Tuscarora in cross country under coach Troy Harry … Two-time team captain … Two-time MVP … A first-team All-Met selection in cross country by The Washington Post … Second-team All-South … Group 5A runner-up at the state cross country meet as a senior … Lettered three times in track at Tuscarora … A five-time all-state selection … A four-time regional champion … Won the Group 5A North Region crowns in the 800-meter run (1:56.28) and 1,600 (4:15.78) as a senior … Owns the school record in the 1,600 (4:14.23) and the 3,200 (9:10.12) … A first-team All-Met choice in track and field by The Washington Post.

Personal: Born July 23, 1997 in Ethiopia … Son of Mizan Gebru and Bereket Tekle … Has three siblings - Aradom, Selam and T.S. … Majoring in consumer studies.

Seyoum's Track and Field Career Bests

IndoorOutdoor

1,000m - 2:25.89, Hokie Invitational (2020)
Mile - 4:00.74, ACC Championships (2021)
3,000m - 8:12.50, ACC Championships (2020)
5,000m - 14:03.67, Iowa State Classic (2020)

800m - 1:54.67, Duke Invitational (2018)
1,500m - 3:44.57, Liberty Twilight Qualifier (2021)
5,000m - 14:37.73, ACC Championships (2019)
3,000m steeplechase - 8:28.72, U.S. Olympic Team Trials (2021)